The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
From another direction he felt the sensation of being a sheep startled by a flying saucer, but it was virtually indistinguishable from… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The party and the Krikkit warship looked, in their writhings, a little like two ducks, one of which is trying to make… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
[The kakapo] is an extremely fat bird. A good-sized adult will weigh about six or seven pounds, and its wings are just… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“Eight hours West sat a man alone on a beach mourning an inexplicable loss. He could only think of his loss in little packets… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“The Universe, the whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost money underestimating… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
Does God know he [exists]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered. — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“When we told our guide that we didn't want to go to all the tourist places he took us instead to the places where… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“But Douglas was a genius, because he saw the world differently, and more importantly, he could communicate the world he saw.” — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“The bits which did mean anything were often so wonderfully buried that no one could ever spot them slipping past in the avalanche of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
You come to me for advice, but you can't cope with anything you don't recognize. Hmmm. So we'll have to tell you something you… — Douglas Adams Copy Share